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Al!! l Nirnn STATES wATENT ERICE.

IVILLIAM E. VILLIAIWIS, OF BOONVILLE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF FIVE-SIX-TEENTHS TO lV. SPEED STEPHENS, JOHN E. THRO, CHARLES A. SOMBART, VILLIAMA. SOMBART, AND AUGUST DENGOLESKY, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,126, dated January12, 1892.

Serial No. 402,542. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WILLIAns, a citizen of the vUnitedStates, residing at Boonville, in the county of Cooper and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Coupling and Uncouplin g Cars.; andI do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill en- 1o able others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in car-coupling devices; and theobjects of the invention are, first, to provide simple, strong,

x 5 and efficient devices for coupling cars, and, secondly, to providenew and simple devices for uncoupling the cars from one side thereof.

NVith these ends in View my invention consists of the combination of adraw-head prozo vided with a hinged or pivoted jaw having arearwardly-extending inclined tongue, a pin passing through thedraw-head, and a suitable aperture in said inclined tongue when thecoupler is in use, and means for elevating 2 5 said pin and holding itin its elevated position clear of the opening in the rearwardlyextendingtongue on the hinged jaw.

My invention further consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of parts,

3o as will be hereinafter more fully pointed out and claimed.

To enable others to readily understand my invention, I have illustratedthe same in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a view ofthe end of a car having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. II is alongitudinal sectional view through a coupler constructed in accordancewith my invention, showing the same open. Fig. III 4o is a similar viewshowing the coupler in its closed or operative position. Fig. IV is asectional view through the hinge connection of the movable jaw. Fig. Visasimilar view showing the coupler closed. Fig. VI is a detail view ofone of the brackets which support the uncoupling-lever. Fig. VII is adetail view of the chain-guide. Fig. VIII is a bottom plan view of thetop section of the hinge connection, and Fig. IX is a top plan 5o viewof the section second from the top.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawings, referring to which Adesignates the draw-head of myimproved coupler, which vis made integral with a hollow draw-bar B. Thechamber b in the draw-bar is reduced near its outer end by projectinglianges b', and in this reduced portion is arranged a rod c, the head ofwhich contacts with the flanges band prevents the rod from rearwardmovement in the draw-bar B. A short distance in advance of the flanges ha keydis passed through the upper and lower walls or sides of thedraw-bar and extends transversely across the chamber b and limits themovement of the draw bar on said rod. Around the rod c is fitted a heavycoiled or cushion spring O, one end of which bears against the inner endof the draw-bar, and the other end of said spring bears against asuitable stop D, secured to the under side of the car.

The draw-head A is provided with an interior chamber a and with a noseor outwardlyextending portion a. To the draw-head, at a point oppositeto the nose-piece a', is connected by a hinge-joint a movable jaw D,which is provided with two hooks d and with a rearwardly-extendingportion: or tongue e. The portion e is adapted to iit in the chamber ain the draw-head when the coupler is in use, and through such portionextends a passage e', which aligns with the pin-receiving passage f inthe draw-head. The portion or tongue e is inclined from a point in rearof the pas- 8 5 sage e to its inner end, and on this inclined portionthe coupling-pin F rests when the coupler is open.

On the under side of one of the sections of the hinge connecting themovable jaw with the draw-head A is foundV a recess or slot g, in whichis secured in any suitable manner an inclined or wedge-shaped piece g.In the section of the hinge next below the one having the piecegattached thereto is formed a slot or recess g, which is inclinedrevcrsely to the piece g', and when the movable jaw is moved or closedthe two sections of the hinge are held a short distance apart by reasonof the thicker portion of the piece g rest-ing on roc the upper end ofthe slot or recess g, and when the coupling-pin is elevated to clear therearwardly-extending tongue the weight of the movable jaw causes thesame to turn on its pivot-pin and the piece g moves downwardly in theslot or recess g, thus'causing the coupler to open automatically.Through the hooks d extend suitable passages, which align and aredesigned to receive a pin in case it is desired to connect a carprovided with my improvements with another car using the ordinarylink-and-pin coupling, and said hooks d are spaced apart or separatedasuitable distance to allow of the passage of a link between them.

In Figs. I, VI, and VII, I have illustratedmyimproveddeviceforuncoupling cars,which consists in a rod or lever II,fitted in brackets I I', attached to the end of acar, and extends fromone side of the car to a point directly over the opening of the passagef in the drawliead A. Near its outer end said rod or lever is bentdownwardly to provide a handle K, and to such handle is secured a pin orprojecting lug 7o, which is adapted to be inserted in a slot fi, formedin the side of the bracket I, and thus hold the rod H iirmlyin position.To the other end of the rod H is connected, by means of a short arm Z, ashoe or guidepiece m, over which extends a chain or cable n, that isconnected at its upper end with the outer end of the arm Z and at itslower end with the coupling-pin F. The shoe or guide m is curvd,as shownin Fig. VI of the drawings, and by it a vertical pull is obtained on thepin in uncoupling.

The operation of my invention may be brieiy stated as follows: The pin Fis raised by turning the rod II through the handle K until the lower endof such pin is above the upper surface of the rearwardlyextending tonguee, when the movable jaw of the coupler is automatically swung outward onits hinge and the pin rests on the inclined tongue e. The rod II is thenforced or moved longitudinally to cause the lug or pin 7o to enter theslot in the bracket I. To couple two cars thelug or pin 7i; isdisengaged from the slot 'i and allowed to drop down, and the pin Frests on the rearwardly-eXtending tongue of the movable jaw. Then as thetwo cars come together the movable jaw is forced rearwardly and the pinF rides up over the inclined tongue and falls by gravity intothe-passage therein. To set the coupler the pin F is raised out of thepassage in the tongue e., and the movable jaw turns automatically, thewedge-shaped piece g moving in the slot or recess g.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and detailsof construction of the devices herein shown and described as anembodiment of my invention can be made without departing from the spiritor sacrificing the advantages of myimprovements, and I therefore reservethe right to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within thescope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a car-coupler, the combination, with a draw-head, of a movable jawhaving a hinge connection with the draw-head and provided with a,rearwardly extending tongue, said tongue having a verticalpin-receiving passage forined therein and inclined from apoint in rearof such passage to the inner end thereof, and a coupling-pin normallyresting on said inclined portion of the tongue, substantially as shownand described.

2. The combination, witha car-coupling device, of a rod iitted inbrackets attached to the end of the car and provided at one end with asuitable handle, a lug or pin on said handle adapted to be forced into aslot f1?, formed in one of the brackets and extending from t-he centralopening to the edge of the bracket, a guide or shoe connected to theother end of said rod, and a chain or cable con nected at one end tosaid rod and at its other end to the coupling-pin and passing over saidguide or shoe, substantially as shown and described, for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

A. A. HOWARD, Trios. B. WRIGHT.

